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Iran War

The US kill count in Iran makes the phrase ‘precision strikes’ absurd

Desperate Republicans are jumping Trump's war ship of doom

Why Trump won't 'blow the sh*t out of' Oman today

Does Mecca Pact demand Pakistan enter Yemen conflict?

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Clock ticking on Democrat effort to kill flawed US-Saudi nuke deal

Goodnight Baghdad: US troops leave Iraq after 23 years

Venezuela blowback may have a long fuse. It always does.

Ex-Biden officials are desperate for a Gaza scapegoat

Israel wants US-led force to disarm Lebanon's Hezbollah

Donald Trump speaks into a microphone as Xi Jinping listens nearby
Middle East

Is China Trump's only hope for ending the Iran war?

US interests in both the Middle East and Asia would be best served by cooperation with Beijing

Supporters of Flavio Bolsonaro at a rally, with some carrying a large inflatable of Donald Trump
Latin America

Will Trump's efforts to boost Bolsonaro blow up in his face?

Trump Oklahoma rally midterms
Washington Politics

Red scare: Solid GOP districts reeling from war, price backlash

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a speech during the 2026 UN General Assembly session
Middle East

Is Bibi cruising for a bruising by trolling Erdogan over Syria?

Ethiopia
Africa

Reignited violence in Ethiopia threatens to engulf the entire region

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Europe

They aren't uniformed, but these US companies are fighting for Ukraine

QiOSK

Staff quick takes, dispatches, and breaking news

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QiOSK

Record number vote to raise hell over settler violence in West Bank

Forty-six Democratic Senators vote in favor, but resolution fails in near party-line vote.

Trump and 14 Lat Am leaders ignite new drug-terror war at UN

Banning US diesel exports will likely backfire on Americans

In UN speech, Trump threatens to 'annihilate' Iran if no deal reached

Is all this AI doomsaying distracting us from the real threat?

Asia-Pacific

Donald Trump Lee Jae Myung

Why South Korea won’t send military to Strait of Hormuz

AUKUS

‘The Dragon’ defined: How three capitals reimagined China

Donald Trump Xi Jinping 2026

Trump and Xi meet on a 'rotting' diplomatic foundation

China missile tests

Chinese missile tests cast long shadow over Pacific Islands

Middle east

Donald Trump speaks into a microphone as Xi Jinping listens nearby

Is China Trump's only hope for ending the Iran war?

US interests in both the Middle East and Asia would be best served by cooperation with Beijing

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Is all this AI doomsaying distracting us from the real threat?

Washington Politics

Trump Oklahoma rally midterms

Red scare: Solid GOP districts reeling from war, price backlash

Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden

Do Democrats have bold enough ideas to break from the past?

A collage showing Joe Biden, Jake Sullivan, Jon Finer, Brett McGurk and Avril Haines

Ex-Biden officials are desperate for a Gaza scapegoat

He lobbied for Saudis after 9/11. Now he's repping them on Yemen

He lobbied for Saudis after 9/11. Now he's repping them on Yemen

Africa

Ethiopia

Reignited violence in Ethiopia threatens to engulf the entire region

Gen. Burhan digs in as Trump's visa-for-ceasefire scheme blows up

In Red Sea crisis, Somaliland seizes leverage for US recognition

Somali piracy was under control. Then came the Iran war.

Latin America

Supporters of Flavio Bolsonaro at a rally, with some carrying a large inflatable of Donald Trump

Will Trump's efforts to boost Bolsonaro blow up in his face?

Venezuela blowback may have a long fuse. It always does.

Rubio's LatAm pep rally shows the limits of the Donroe Doctrine

Milei has staked it all on Trump. Will he follow through?

Europe

ukraine military drone technology

They aren't uniformed, but these US companies are fighting for Ukraine

A Trump-Zelensky meeting and another exercise in futility

What NATO leaves behind as it pulls back from Kosovo

Ukraine war spreads to Arctic as nuclear tensions escalate

north america

China and Russia and the US icebreaker race

China and Russia and the US icebreaker race

Is Trump finally burying the zombie US-Mexico-Canada trade pact?

Throwing thousands more soldiers at Haiti will not solve this crisis

CIA deaths in Mexico: Is Trump playing with fire?

Military Industrial Complex

artificial intelligence

Police hugging AI so tight, soon we'll all be pre-crime suspects

The risks presented by superintelligent and uncontrollable artificial intellifence are real, but the security appartatus is already colloborating closely with these firms

Media

Ed Sheeran

After Macklemore sacking, Ed Sheeran enters his 'Sun City' moment

Miriam Adelson looks on as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House

Israel's Lobby 2.0: What Walt & Mearsheimer didn't anticipate

Pete Hegseth testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee

Officials say 'America-hating' media to blame for USS Lincoln outrage

Global Crises

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi shares a moment with Russian President Vladimir Putin as Chinese President Xi Jinping looks on during day two of the BRICS Summit in New Delhi

Against the odds, BRICS overcomes sharp divisions in New Delhi

India notched a diplomatic win by simply securing a joint declaration from the bloc amid war in the Middle East